"Big Shiny Tunes 2" is the second edition of the MuchMusic compilation series, '' Big Shiny Tunes''. The album had been accompanied by heavy advertising in Canada. It is the best-selling album of the series, having sold 1,233,000 copies.

Commercial performance

''Big Shiny Tunes 2'' debuted at #1 on the Canadian Albums Chart, with 128,000 units sold in its first week. By March 1998, the album was certified Diamond by the

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for sales of 1 million units. ''Big Shiny Tunes 2'' went on to sell 1,233,000 copies before going out of print. Despite being out of print, ''Big Shiny Tunes 2'' is still the fourth best-selling album ever in Canada of the Nielsen SoundScan era as of 2020.

Track listing

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- " Precious Declaration (Remix)" #

The Tea Party The Tea Party is a Canadian rock band with industrial rock, blues, progressive rock, and Middle Eastern music influences, dubbed " Moroccan roll" by the media. Active throughout the 1990s and up until 2005, the band re-formed in 2011. The Tea ...

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" # The Age of Electric - "Remote Control" #

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Commercial performance

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